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Players vote for all-round skills

By JANE GROSS c. 1980 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK Half of the starting players in Sunday’s National Basketball Association AllStar Game would have been different if the players had selected the teams instead of the fans, and Earvin (Magic) Johnson, the Lakers’ rookie sensation, would have been missing. "If that’s how they pick ’em, what can I say?" the good-natured Los Angeles guard said when he heard the results of a New York Times poll in which 212 of 242 NBA players cast ballots. "It’s good to know the players respect you. and it’s good to know you got the fans around. Both of them definitely mean something, but I guess I like the public if I have tochoose.” The starting lineups for Sunday’s game at the Capital Centre were chosen by fan balloting, sponsored by Michelob beer, in which 2.113.603 votes were cast in the 22 NBA cities. The squads were filled out with players selected by the conference coaches. The New York Times team was chosen by the NBA players, each of whom was asked to select a starting team in his conference. More than 87 percent of the players responded in the West and they indicated a preference for all- round players instead of offensive stars. If the players had chosen the teams, Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams of the Seattle SuperSonics would have started in the Western Conference backcourt instead of Magic Johnson and San Diego’s Lloyd Free, and Walter Davis of the Phoenix Suns would have started at forward al)ead of Utah’s Adrian Dantley. On the Eastern Conference team, Dan Roundfield of the Atlanta Hawks would have replaced his teammate, John Drew, at forward and Nate Archibald of the Celtics would have started at guard instead of another Hawk, Eddie Johnson. Both the fans and players cast the most votes for George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs for the second year in a row and Kareem Ab-dul-Jabbar of the Lakers. While the fans made Magic Johnson the third-highest vote-getter, he received only 10 votes from the players, three of nine from the Lakers, and was seventh among Western Conference guards. Gervin more than justified the choice by winning the game’s most-valuable-player honor and Jabbar played a sound all-round game. Another player preferred by the fans and largely ignored by the players was Drew. The erratic forward, who leads the Hawks in scaring but had only 4 points in the All-Star Game, received just four votes over all and none from his teammates. Roundfield, on the other hand, appeared on eight of nine Hawk ballots and was second to Julius Erving among

McGinnis must play back into hearts of Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - George McGinnis will watch the opening tipoff of tonight’s National Basketball Association game against the Philadelphia 76ers from the bench. “That’s the only way it could be,” the reacquired forward for the Indiana Pacers says. “The basic structure of this club is good. All I want to do is fit in. That’s all.” McGinnis, 29, who played four years with the Pacers in the old American Basketball Association, is coming back to his hometown in a trade that sent forward Alex English and a first-round draft pick to the Denver Nuggets. McGinnis’ said Monday the biggest problem in adjusting to his new teammates “is myself.”

Foyt leaves USAC unhappy

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A.J. Foyt, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race, said Monday night he had re signed from the U.S. Auto Club, effective immediately, in a dis-

May set to play CHICAGO (AP) - The Chi cago Bulls have reactivated oftinjured Scott May, who missed the last 27 National Basketball Association games after breaking his wrist Dec. 1. To make room for May, the Bulls announced Monday guard Sam Smith has been waived. May, who played in 26 games before being sidelined with his latest injury, is averaging 13.3 points a game. The All-America selection at Indiana in 1976 is expected to be ready for tonight’s game at Utah against the Jazz.

Eastern Conference forwards. Roundfield was very much in evidence Sunday, scoring 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. But then, so was his Hawk teammate, Eddie Johnson, the fans’ choice, who had 11 field goals. The players moved three other second-string selections to their first team Archibald, who had not been listed on the fan ballot; Davis, who has fared better with his peers than with the fans since the inception of The Times poll in 1978, and Dennis Johnson. Gus Williams, who was sixth in the fan voting for Western Conference guards and not chosen by the coaches, was the players’ choice to start alongside Johnson. The Eastern Conference players overwhelmingly chose Bill Fitch of the Celtics as coach instead of Billy Cunningham,, who coached the East squad Sunday because his team had been in first place on the day the NBA made its coaching selections. Fitch received 41 votes. Hubie Brown of the Hawks 22 and Cunningham 9. Two of Cunningham’s votes came from his own players, while eight of the 76ers voted for Chuck Daly, one of Cunningham’s assistants. "They were clowning around,” Cunningham said. “That was the trainer mostly. He went on a campaign for Daly.” Larry Bird of the Celtics, with 19 votes and a third-place finish among Eastern Conference forwards, was the most highly- regarded rookie in the opinion of the players. Magic Johnson received 10 votes, but did not make the players’ team. There has been much argument in recent years about the selection procedure for the NBA All-Star Game. Critics of the process object to ballot stuffing in certain cities this season in Atlanta and the clear preference of the fans for popular, high-scoring players. “The fan is voting for highly publicized players whose notoriety comes from points scored versus players who contribute the intangibles that make a team win,” said Hubie Brown. “Even if the fan votes were legitimate,” Fitch said, “the guy who scores points automatically gets the jump. But the fans pay $7 or whatever to see the game and we have to say these are the ones they want to see.” Fitch was happiest about the players’ recognition of Archibald, who has returned to form after years of injury, and of himself. “Billy, by the rules, was the coach,” Fitch said. “Rules are rules and there has to be some way to decide, but the fact I won the poll of the players means more to me than getting the job.”

“I put pressure on myself. I know within me what type of basketball player I can be and what I am. I don’t want people to judge me by hearsay. Just judge me by what happens out there between the black lines. “If I’m over the hill, I’ll know it and I’ll quit the game,” said McGinnis, who suffered a severe ankle injury and slumped to a 15.6-point average this year with the Nuggets, the worst of his nine-year pro career. Pacer Coach Bobby Leonard didn’t buy that, however. "I’ve got confidence in the man,” said Leonard, who originally signed McGinnis after his sophomore year at Indiana University. “I had him four years. During that time I saw him become one of the greatest players in basketball. If anybody tells me he’s over the hill at age

pute over peace talks with the rival Championship Auto Racing Teams. USAC sactions the Indy 500 and other races. A year ago, Foyt, 45, Houston,

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29, well, I don’t believe it.” The Pacers, 26-28 going into tonight’s game, are in third place in the NBA’s Central Division and trying to make the playoffs for the first time since they joined the league in 1976. “The whole key is getting to the playoffs,” McGinnis said. “Once we have a team that gets there for the first time, it will create the excitement that’s needed. I’m not saying I can do that all by myself, but I feel I can be an ingredient.” The one area in which McGinnis can be most valuable, aside from his scoring potential, is in rebounding, which has always been one of his strong suits. McGinnis said he has completely recovered from the ankle injury, including the psychological effects that were even worse than the physical disability itself.

Texas, quit USAC and joined CART. But he returned to USAC after a few weeks, saying he didn’t like some of CART’s ideas.

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Kurt Thomas finished first again Monday night when he was named winner of the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete. The former NCAA cham-

Siena got all psyched up to get beat by 35 points

By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press Writer When they played last year, the Syracuse basketball team buried Siena by 52 points. It wasn’t as bad this time. The Orangemen “only” won by 35. “It was a good opportunity to give everyone a shot to play,” said Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim after Monday night’s 99-64 rout. “It gave us a chance to work on our defense and positioning, and I thought we did a good job on our defense. “Roosevelt (Bouie) makes such a difference against a team like Siena. Roosevelt dominates so much, they just give up. They can’t handle him.” Last year’s 144-92 Syracuse romp which set several all-time school scoring records, by the way, prompted a tongue-in-cheek “Beat Siena Week” on the Syracuse campus. The promotion brought banners, chants and a sea of “Beat Siena” Tshirts to Monday’s game. “Our only regret was that they were making a zoo out of the game,” said Siena guard Rod Owens. “We took it very seriously, I think all the yelling and T-shirts got us psyched up a little more. The victory by the nation’s second-ranked team was one of four by Top Twenty clubs Monday night. In other action, N 0.3 Louisville whipped Memphis State 88-60; N 0.9 Notre Dame trimmed Navy 67-53 and No. 11 North Carolina stopped Yale 8574. Darrell Griffith scored 31 points to lead Louisville’s conquest of Metro Conference foe

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Memphis State. Eight of Griffith’s points came in a 22-2 Louisville spurt midway through the second half that put the game out of the Tigers’ reach. Orlando Woolridge scored 18 points to lead Notre Dame over Navy. The Fighting Irish outscored Navy 29-7 at the foul line in the second half en route to their 15th victory in 18 games. The Irish played once again without forward Kelly Tripucka, who sat out his fourth straight game with a strained back. He was joined on the bench by Gilbert Salinas, who sprained an ankle Saturday night in Notre Dame’s 105-71 victory over Davidson. Mike O’Koren’s 20 points paced North Carolina over Yale. The Tar Heels played for the most part without the services of three of their top players Rich Yonakor, Dave Colescott and John Virgil, all suffering injuries. “I thought we played good defense in the first half,” said North Carolina Coach Dean Smith, but added, “In the second half, we kept coming down and missing open 15-footers and they would get the rebound and go down and score.” Elsewhere, Michael Brooks scored a game-high 30 points to lead LaSalle over Lehigh 90-79; Randy Smithson and Mike Jones teamed for 25 points to lead Wichita State over New Mexico State 80-78; Bill Fields scored 23 points as Providence defeated Canisius 88-72; Terry Adolph scored 27 points and dished out 14 assists to pace West Texas State past Tulsa 92-

80 and Rosie Barnes hit a jump shot with 20 seconds to go in overtime, lifting Bowling Green to a 79-78 decision over Ball State. Also, Mike Doyle triggered a second-half rally and Jim Strickland scored a career-high 25 points to lead South Carolina over Rhode Island 84-75; Edmund Sherod and Tim Harris sparked a 16-4 run to help Virginia Commonwealth beat New Orleans 72-64; a 26-point performance by Ricky Pierce led Rice over Wright State 84-78; South Alabama defeated Jacksonville 65-58 as Ed Rains scored f 5 points; David Little, Kent Williams and Ralph Brewster each scored 12 points as Texas Tech beat Texas A&M 63-53 and LaSalle Thompson led Texas to a 54-point first half and the Longhorns went on to an 8482 victory over Houston. ’ Sammy Ellis scored 25 points and Carlton Neverson hit two key free throws with 12 seconds left to lead Pitt over Eastern Kentucky 80-78; Jon Hanley’s 18 points paced Xavier over Cincinnati 77-69; Rodney Arnold hit four foul shots in the final 18 seconds to lead Florida State past Auburn 73-69.

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